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May 18, 1969: Graham Hill, the man known as Mr Monaco, took his fifth and last victory at the Monaco Grand Prix. It was also to be his final Formula One win, but given his remarkable record in Monte Carlo, there was no more fitting place for him to climb to the top of the podium for one last time.

September 22, 1968: Denny Hulme secured his second consecutive win, his victory at the Canadian Grand Prix catapulting him from fourth to joint first in the drivers' championship with two rounds remaining.

September 8, 1968: Defending champion Denny Hulme secured his first win of the season with victory at the Italian Grand Prix, a result which, thanks to his steady accumulation of points in other races, lifted him back into the championship hunt.

June 23, 1968: Jackie Stewart put his disappointment at Spa - where he led until running out of fuel on the last lap - to win the Dutch Grand Prix despite being handicapped by having his right arm encased in a plastic cast following a Formula Two crash two months earlier.

May 26, 1968: Graham Hill showed why he was known as Mr Monaco with his fourth victory at the Monaco Grand Prix, silencing those who dismissed his win in the Spanish Grand Prix a fortnight earlier as a one-off.

May 12, 1968: Graham Hill won the Spanish Grand Prix, his first victory for two-and-a-half years and one desperately needed by a Lotus team in mourning following the death of Jim Clark the previous month and weeks later his replacement, Mike Spence, testing at Indianapolis.

October 22, 1967: Jim Clark won the season finale at the Mexican Grand Prix, but it was Denny Hulme whose third place was enough to secure the drivers' championship by five points from team-mate Jack Brabham who finished second.

September 10, 1967: John Surtees won an epic Italian Grand Prix at Monza, beating Jack Brabham in one of the closest finishes seen for years. The result meant Brabham was only three points behind team-mate Denny Hulme in the drivers' championship with two rounds remaining.

August 6, 1967: Jack Brabham won the inaugural Formula One Grand Prix at the challenging Mosport Park circuit in Canada, cutting the championship lead of team-mate Denny Hulme, who finished second, to nine points.

August 6, 1967: After two races where his Lotus failed to last the distance, Jim Clark bounced back with victory at Silverstone, his fifth win in the British Grand Prix in six years, but Denny Hulme's second place extended his lead in the drivers' championship to nine points.

July 15, 1967: After two races where his Lotus failed to last the distance, Jim Clark bounced back with victory at Silverstone, his fifth win in the British Grand Prix in six years, but Denny Hulme's second place extended his lead in the drivers' championship to nine points.

July 2, 1967: Jack Brabham won the French Grand Prix at Le Mans, in what was described by The Guardian as a "dull race on an unpopular new circuit"- Motorsport went further in referring to it as a "driving school circuit".